The City National Bank where Brooks Lambertson worked is devastated. “Brooks was a generous and warm and positive personality.” The 29-year-old from Los Angeles was visiting Washington for work when disaster struck.
The family of married couple James (76) and Donna (75) Mueller is also in deep mourning. The elderly couple from Janesville Wisconsin have been a couple since their teens. They had come to Washington from the province to celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary, their niece Michelle McNett told American media. James and Donna had five children and ten grandchildren, as well as three great-grandchildren.
Lightning struck unexpectedly on Thursday in Lafayette Park, a few dozen meters from the White House. A fourth unidentified visitor to the park is in critical hospital.